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</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>De: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Faber, Marie-laure</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:ml.faber@unesco.org">ml.faber@unesco.org</a>></span><br>Date: mar, 29 jun 2021 a las 12:29<br>Subject: International Geodiversity Day emblem competition<br>To: Adiyaman Lopes, Ozlem <<a href="mailto:o.adiyaman@unesco.org">o.adiyaman@unesco.org</a>><br></div><br><br>





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear Earth Science colleagues,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The International Geodiversity Day was approved by unanimity by the 211^th Session of the UNESCO Executive Board. More than
 70 countries have co-sponsored this proposal, which is a sign of the remarkable support from all continents!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The International Geodiversity Day proposal will be submitted to the 41^st Session of the UNESCO General Conference in November
 2021.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The scientific proposers of
<span style="background:white">International Geodiversity Day </span>have decided that the Day needs an emblem to give greater visibility to geodiversity and the International Day itself, and to support the concept as it is discussed at the UNESCO General Conference.
 As such we are calling on the young people of the world to make their submissions for the International Geodiversity Day emblem.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Organizers encourage proposals from all regions of the world, with the competition being open to all who are
<b>younger than 30 years old on July 31st 2021</b>. The deadline for submissions is
<b>17:00 GMT on 31 July 2021</b>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The rules and procedures of the competition can be found </span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#3598db"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EHi2-LRMZh9WknlKvRxAsD2X4nxUsI4B/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="color:#3598db">HERE</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Entries can be submitted via online form </span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#3598db"><a href="https://forms.gle/xzKUKS4HHd38gtgw7" target="_blank"><span style="color:#3598db">HERE</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">.
 (You will need to sign in using a Google account to submit your entry).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Good luck to everyone and feel free to disseminate this information to your contacts!
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<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.geodiversityday.org" target="_blank">https://www.geodiversityday.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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